Show Me Your Tiny Bikes...

[Iwasgoodonce]

...Please. I'm undecided what to do as a new bike for my son. He is nearly eight but quite tall and growing like a weed! He has already just about outgrown his Islabike and will soon need a new one.
The next Islabike up is an option. He has mastered the rear gears and is ready to start with more ratios at the front. The Islabike doesn't have them. Neither does it have suspension which may be of an advantage soon.
His current bike comes highly recommended but I have a plan to build him something retro!
A 12 or 13" frame, 26" wheels and simple low travel light suspension forks. All I will need then are 165mm or shorter cranks and we're away! Vee brakes offer all the stopping he'll need so retro it is!

Go on, tempt me to get another retro bike from here!

 

[Tad]

How about a nice little Saracen, he says it's 15" but that's centre of the BB to top of seat post so centre to centre will be about the right size I reckon:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BANKRUPT-26-WHEEL ... 27b27cacea

Or something for 24" wheels:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BANKRUPT-24-WHEEL ... 27aca2e057

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Mmmm. A Mini-Me Saracen. There's a thought.

 

[CAS]

Little Rockhopper - not that I'm parting with mine right now but they come in a very small size frame.

 

[jimihendrix]

Clockworkgazz's sons tiny Clockwork

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... c&start=45

 

[big.eck]

this is my 9yr old daughters spesh hotrock...........

it's been modified a little it's got 20" wheels , they do a 24" wheel version too

 

[kula]

I picked up a Kona Hula from fleabay. a real bike in a 24inch wheel size, just the thing to encourage a youngster rather than a heavy weight copy of a MTB. My daughter loves it coz it's sound like dads Kula.
Scott did a nice 24inch wheel MTB, as do Giant.

 

[WD Pro]

This is tiny :

But you can't really tell without the wheels on.

And mums orange :

WD

 

[AdamAsh]

I've just got this for my little-un.

a Raleigh Baddmax.

Well She is 10 next month and I know its a boys bike but she wanted one like mine, after trying a few out for size in a well known motoring superstore, she decided that she wanted a boyish bike!

Im just tarting it up at the moment and spraying parts of it purple and removing the boyish decals.


Ive rode it around the close and it actually feels very good.

Ill make a rebuld thread about it soon

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Thanks people. That clockwork is nice! The Islabikes are very good and she offers a buyback option. Trouble is she's moved a lot further from my house. He will want suspension soon. I would have at eight!